Papers, 1861-1899.

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Papers, 1861-1899.

Box 1. Civil War papers, relating to his enlistment, service, injury, resignation, pension, etc. -- Box 2. Folder 1. Biographical sketch. --Folder 2. Certificates of membership (Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S., American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, etc.), appointment as U.S.A. Pension Examining Surgeon, etc. (Calendar filed in folder.) -- Folder 3. Miscellaneous letters to Cruice, some in photocopy, from Wm. J. Sloan, Henry Keating, John C. Black, E.J. Heraty (re St. Joseph's Hospital), etc. -- Folder 4. Letters from RBC to Wm. Welsh, Dec. 23, 1872, applying for post of attending physician to Girard College. With photocopies of letters of recommendation from John Hill Brinton, F.A. Drexel, Edward Hartshorne, Wm. Valentine Keating, James Aitken Meigs, Wm. Augustus Porter, Alfred StilleĢ and Edward A. Page.

2 boxes 4 folders.

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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

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Patriotic society composed of male descendants of Union veterans of the Civil War; founded 1865. From the description of Records, 1921-1922. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70961019 ...

Cruice, Robert Blake, -1899

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Robert Blake Cruice was a surgeon, secretary of the Board of Managers, and president of Philadelphia's St. Joseph's Hospital. From the description of Papers, 1853-1899. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122523796 Robert Blake Cruice, Philadelphia surgeon, was born on 29 Sept. 1838. He received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1859. Cruice married Alice Mulchinock in 1868. He died in 1899. In July 1861, C...